An inside slider will make a glancing blow to the forecast area overnight tonight through Friday morning with some areas seeing rain, some snow, some just wind, and some barely a thing at all so read on for details and see the models for your area …

This is the type of system that means you need to be near the mountain/foothill zones to get the most precipitation.  You can see the rain forecast below, the highest amounts reside in areas like Tehachapi, Yucaipa, and Banning .. all areas are near the mountains.  Furthermore you can see the rain rings out over the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, leaving the rain-shadow sections of the Inland Empire mostly dry.  The only real ‘action’ I see looks to be around the Big Bear areas where a good 1-3″ of snow is likely as snow levels with the passage of the weak front will be around 6,000 FT …

There will be a break for the west/south facing foothill zones on Friday later morning but in the afternoon, some instability could bring additional showers to those areas …

LONG RANGE:  This weekend looks great!  I’ll be in Carlsbad this weekend.  Changed my mind from Santa Barbara because the angle of the Sunset along the coast does not allow for overwater sunsets at this time of year … so without a marine layer that I am forecasting this weekend (exception being SLO/Vandenberg), we will have clear evenings for fantastic over the water sunsets for the west facing coasts … After that, warm weather returns through the rest of the month followed by another system for California (not sure strength here yet) the first week of May … May the 4th be with you?

Again, not much to talk about with this system.  Timing is overnight tonight into Friday morning.  The models below will give you an idea what to expect, even better if you are a full member for the GPS section of the member section for each of those models available for this system’s passage.

OFFICIAL CURRENT issued Southern California Weather Force Alerts by location at time of post release –

Winter Weather Advisory:  San Bernardino Mountains above 6,000 FT … Riverside Mountains Mt San Jacinto to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station above 6,000 FT … Mt. High Ski Resort … Pine Mountain Club …
Wind Watch: All Mountain and Desert areas … Las Vegas Metro

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There are 10 counties in the Southern California Weather Force forecast area and I cannot write about each micro-climate sector in this article.  I however can show you the images in the SCWF model suite and you will need to know where you are on a map to read them.  Everyone should know where they are on a map so this is no excuse.

The maps below are of flood, rain, snow, snow-level, or wind intensity, whichever is available now.  Each one is clickable.  Map 1 is NW SoCal, Map 2 is SW SoCal, Map 3 is SE SoCal, Map 4 is NE SoCal, Map 5 is the Cajon Pass, and Map 6 is the metro areas of VT/LA/OC/IE …

GET TO KNOW YOUR MAP BECAUSE THESE NEVER CHANGE LOCATIONS

Rain Forecast – Valid Overnight Thursday into Friday 4-22-2022
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Snow Forecast – Valid Overnight Thursday into Friday 4-22-2022
GPS MODELS – (SCWF Members Click Here For The GPS Version)

Wind Forecast – Valid Thursday 4-21-2022
GPS MODELS – (SCWF Members Click Here For The GPS Version)

Martin Wind Gust Intensity Scale –

8. Extensive widespread damage.
7. Trees are broken or uprooted, building damage is considerable. – High Profile Vehicle Roll-Over CERTAIN.
6. SOME Trees are broken or uprooted, building damage is possible. – High Profile Vehicle Roll-Over Likely, Do NOT recommend Traveling in this zone. This zone also is the starting zone where trees and powerlines will fall and damage cars and even kill people near or in them!
5. Slight damage occurs to buildings, shingles are blown off of roofs. HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA – High Profile Vehicle Roll-Over Possible if weight is not corrected.
4. Twigs and small branches are broken from trees, walking is difficult.  This criteria and higher is where blowing dust will happen in areas where it is not raining and hasn’t for a while.
3. Large trees sway, becoming difficult to walk. POWER SHUTDOWN THRESHOLD DURING FIRE WEATHER / WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA

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Master Meteorologist – is a consulting meteorologist for over 50 different companies, including energy, agriculture, aviation, marine, leisure, and many more areas. He has certs from Mississippi State for broadcast met and Penn State forecasting certs MET 101, 241, 341 and 361 as a meteorologist, but before then was completely self taught, barely learning a thing from the schools that he did not already know.

Both short and long-range is very important to know in those jobs so you can bet on accuracy here. He is versed in fields like Western USA, Tornadoes, Floods, Hurricanes, High Winds, Fire Behavior, Snow and Blizzards, Short Range, Long Range, Seasonal, and Life-Threatening decisions with over 20 years experience, out-forecasting all weather services available today with lead-time and precision, which makes him a focus of ridicule and envy.

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